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sr #103005: nmh 1.1rc3 tries to lock with /dev/null.lock

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Submitted:  Tue 13 Apr 2004 06:02:51 PM UTC
   
 
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Tue 13 Apr 2004 06:02:51 PM UTC, original submission:  

I see a long (30 second) delay while using "w" or "s" from
"comp".  "strace" reveals that "whom" and "post" are trying
to dot-lock "/dev/null", and of course they cannot write
to the /dev directory, nor does it make any sense to try
to lock "/dev/null".

I've found the spot that does this; I append a patch to
sbr/lock_file.c to prevent the use of a ".lock" file in
that case.  I don't know if it's the best possible patch,
but it seems to work.

Anne Bennett

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file #3841:  TMP added by None (805B - application/octet-stream - patch)

 

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Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
2005-10-06 opk Reassign ItemFrom group The nmh Mail Handling System, support tracker To group The nmh Mail Handling System, bugs tracker
2004-04-13 None Attached File- Added TMP, #33

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